Football Daily | Guns for hire and gegenpress eggheads bring World Cup subplots aplenty

The Guardian UK Sunday 21 June 2026, 13:26 UTC By Alex Reid 1 min read

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Sign up now!The awesome thing about a World Cup is that – unlike the Premier League where almost every elite-grade head coach comes from the same scenic Spanish town – we get to enjoy some wonderfully varied managerial match-ups. Where else can we see grizzled international specialists against Big Cup-winning club gurus? Or retired national team legends opposite some bloke who got sacked by Everton?

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The awesome thing about a World Cup is that – unlike the Premier League where almost every elite-grade head coach comes from the same scenic Spanish town – we get to enjoy some wonderfully varied managerial match-ups. Where else can we see grizzled international specialists against Big Cup-winning club gurus? Or retired national team legends opposite some bloke who got sacked by Everton? Or Ronald Koeman, who is both?

World Cup (EVENT) the Premier League (ORG) Spanish (ORG) Big Cup (LOCATION) Everton (ORG) Ronald Koeman (PERSON)

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